Video lessons boost nursing Students' IV skills and cut anxiety, study finds

NCT ID NCT07385729

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tested whether adding short instructional videos to traditional teaching helps first-year nursing students learn how to care for central venous catheters (CVCs). Sixty-six students were randomly assigned to either video-assisted or traditional instruction. Researchers measured their practical skills, anxiety levels, and satisfaction with the training. The goal was to see if videos improve learning and reduce stress.

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Active substance
Video-Assisted Instruction
What this could lead to
If successful, this could point toward more effective and less stressful ways to teach nursing students complex medical procedures.
What could go wrong
This is a small, single-center study with only 66 participants. Results may not apply to other schools or settings, and the focus is on training, not patient outcomes.

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Participants

66 people

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Started

May 2024

Finished

Jul 2024

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18 years and older

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Anyone

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Inclusion Criteria: * First-year nursing students enrolled in the Faculty of Nursing * Taking the Fundamentals of Nursing course for the first time * Willingness to participate and providing written informed consent * Attendance on the days when study data were collected Exclusion Criteria: * Students transferred from another program (horizontal or vertical transfer) * Graduates of health vocational high schools * Students who withdrew during the study period * Students absent during data collection or assessment sessions

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  • Atatürk University Faculty of Nursing

    Erzurum, Erzurum, 25000, Turkey (Türkiye)

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